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Sep 09, 2019

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8:37AM

No foreigners will be included in Assam’s NRC, assures HM Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that no foreigners will be included in the National Register of Citizens, NRC in Assam. He also said that the name of any genuine citizen would not be excluded from the NRC. Assam Forest Minister and senior BJP leader Parimal Suklabaidya said that Mr. Shah conveyed it to a BJP delegation who met him in Guwahati yesterday.

AIR correspondent reports that a BJP delegation that include State BJP President Ranjit Kumar Dass and Convenor of North East Democratic Alliance Himanta Biswa Sarma, met the Union Home Minister to discuss the NRC issue.